Wringer attachment.



Patented Feb. 4, I902.

.J. REID &. L. M.'HUQPER. WRING ER ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Apr. 13, 1896.)

(No Model.)

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' .1. REID &. L. M; HOOPER.

WBINGEB ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Apr. 13, 1896.)

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v v v v JOHN REID, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK, AND LOUIS M. I-IOOPER, OFRUTHER- FOR-D, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO THE J. L. MOTT IRON WORKS, OFNEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WRING sR AT AC ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,546, dated February4, 1902.

Application filed April 13, 1896.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN REID, of Yonkers, in the county of Westchesterand State 1 of New York, and LOUIS M. HOOPER, of Ruth 5 erford, in thecounty of Bergen and State of New Jersey,citizens of the United States,have invented an Improvement in WVringer At-' tachments, of which thefollowing is a speci-' fication. i

Washtubs 'are extensively made use of, each tub being made of one pieceof porcelain, and such tubs are usually grouped. together with two orthree adjacent tubs in the group, and in the ordinary operations ofwashing the 15 clothes are passed through a wringer from they afford forthe accumulation of unsanitary soapsuds and'similar materials.

The objectsof the present inventionare to provide for supporting andadjusting the porcelain tubs so that the top edges are brought parallelto each other, to provide a movable wringer-base that rests-uponthe'adjacent edges of the tubs at the top thereof and 'to which wringerbase the wringing-machine is v removably connected, and to providefor'securing the wringer-base to the rounding and smooth surfaces of thetubs'in such a manner 4 that such wringer and its base are not liable toslip or change position by the force exert ed in revolving thewringer-rolls, and we also fit the deflector-board in such a manner thatit may be used for directing the water that is 4; squeezed out of theclothes into either one of the tubs, such deflector being supported insuch a manner that it can be easily changed in its position and is butlittle wider than the deflector-boards usually employed, notwithstandingthe distance between the interior surfaces of the adjacent tubs.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the wringer and its baseand a cross-section through the porcelain tub. Fig. 2 represents theadjacent ends of the tubs, oneof them being in section, the wringerbeing shown in, elevation, with the gearing and crank-handle :removed.Fig. 3 is a section transversely of the wringer and its base in largersize. Fig. 4 is aplan view of the wringer-base. Fig. 5 is a plan view atthe upper end of the adjacentlegs and supports for the tubs. Fig. 6 isan elevation of the socket that receives the end of the wringer-base'.Fig. 7 is'an inverted plan view representing hinges that may be made useof for supporting the wringer-base I at theback end. Fig. 8 is anelevation of the same; and Fig. 9 is a detached section at the line a:m, Fig. 3.

We have shown portions of two tubs A B. These are of porcelain or othermaterial and of any desired characteror configuration, and these tubsare to be grouped together, two or three of such tubs in the group, andthey are supported by legs 0, which legs may be of any desiredcharacter, and it is generally preferable to provide recesses in'thebottom surfaces of the tubs for the reception of studs 3 at the upperends of the legs that pass into such recesses, so that the leg is notliable to become separated from the tub orthe tub to slip upon thelegand the supports, and upon the upperpart of each leg a screw-threadis cut, and the nut 4 is provided for acting against the under-surfaceof the tub or the intervening cross-bar and braces for raising orlowering the tub to bring the upper edges of the. adjacent tubssubstantially on the same level, and we make use of braces E, extendingfrom theupper portion of each leg to the bracket F, that is fastened tothe wall or other support at the back, and these braces hold the top ofthe leg and the tub to the wall, so as to prevent any movement of thetub away from the wall, and we make use of the cross-bar D, extendingfrom one tub to the other and connecting the adjacent legs, and it isadvantageous to make the openings in this cross-bar elongated, so as toallow for the slight variations that may arise in the positions of thelegs C, and this crossbar D has a central notch at its front edge, for apurpose hereinafter described. \Ve usually provide a screw 5, passingthrough the braces E and acting against the under surface of the tubnear the back edge for supporting such tub at this place. Theseporcelain tubs are usually of considerable thickness for obtaining thenecessary strength, and consequently they are very heavy, and theirweight when properly supported, as aforesaid, is usually sufficient forobtaining the necessary stability of the tubs in the washing operationand also with the wringer if properly connected to the tubs themselves.

The wringer-base G is preferably of wood and sufficiently wide to coverthe adjacent upper edges of the tubs, and an eyebolt 6 passes throughthe wringer-base and receives the upper end of the tie-rod I, whichtie-rod is screw-threaded at its lower end and provided with a thu mb-nutacting below the crossbar D when the tied-0d is swung into the centralnotch of such cross-bar, as before mentioned. By means of this tie-rodthe wringerbase can be drawn down upon the top edges of the washtubswith sufiicient force for holding such wringeubase firmly in position;but in consequence of the surfaces of the porcelain tubs usually beingsmooth and glazed we make use of rubber cups 7, preferablyintroducedinto recesses in the under surface of the wringer-base and connected byscrews 8, and these rubber cups are placed in such a position as tobeimmediatelyover the central portions of the convex edges of the tubs.Hence the pressure from screwing up the tierod causes these rubber cupsto assume the concave shape corresponding to the convex upper edges ofthe tubs, and in this manner lateral slipping is effectually prevented.

In many places it is most convenient to make use of porcelain backs A Bwith the lower edges lapping over the top edges of the tubs at the back,and these porcelain backs are secured against the wall in any desiredmanner, and there is aspace between the ends of these backs, and in thisspace a metal socket H is secured to the wall in the proper position forreceiving into it the back end of the wringer-base G, such back endbeing made narrower to fit such socket, and by this construction theback end of the wringer-base is reliably supported without taking ahearing upon the tubs themselves. Hence'the wringer-base has threepoints of bearing-- the one in the socket at the back end and the othertwo by the rubber cup 7 upon the top edges of the tubs.

In some instances the separate backs A B are dispensed with and avertical slab of marble or similar material is extended all along theback of the tubs. \Vhen this form of setting is provided, it isadvantageous to make use of arms K, bolted to the slab, as seen in Figs.7 and 8, and the bolt 9, passing across through the pivot-arms K andthrough the rear end of the wringer-base G, forms a connection at theback end and upon which the wringe-r-base can be swung up out of theway, or the bolt 9 can be withdrawn to allow the wringer and its base tobe removed from the tubs.

The upper surface of the wringer-base is advantageously slightly convexto shed the water in either direction, and there are dripplates 15 atthe sides of the wringer-base, and such plates overlap the top edges ofthe tubs sufficiently to cause the water to drop into the tubs, and thusprevent water passing down between the tubs, and upon the wringer-haseare plates 13, suitably secured, each having a recess, and thewringer-fraine L is provided with hooks at one side to enterthe-recesses in the plates 13,and arms 11 at the other side, throughwhich the clamp-screws 12 pass, the ends of which screws enter therecesses in the plates 13 at the opposite side of the wringerbase tosecure the wringer-frame firmly but removably to the wringer-base. i

The wringer-rollers M and handle or crank N are to be of any desiredcharacter, as the wringer itself forms no necessary part of the presentinvention; but inasmuch as the dis tance between the inner surface ofone tub and the inner surface of the adjacent tub is much greater thanthat usually existing in tubs that are divided by a single partition itis necessary to provide means for directing the water that is squeezedout from the clothes in the wringing operation 'into one tub or theother, and with this object. in view the de flector-plate O is maderather wider than the deflector-plates which are usually employed inwringing-machines, and at the ends of the deflector-plate are theprojecting pivotslti, which also have been made use of in ordinarywringers. We, however, provide the grooved plates P, facing each otherand fastened to the inner surfaces of the wringer-frames, and theseplates are provided with grooves 17, the ends of which are curved ashalf-circles, or nearly so, and the pivots 16 of the deflector pass intothese grooves, and there is a rest-piece R centrally below thewringerrollers, and it is now to be understood that when the deflector Ois in position for use the pivot-pins 16 are in the curved orhalf-circle ends of the grooves 17, and hence the deflector is held downagainst any lifting action from the clothes drawing against the loweredge thereof; but when the deflector is to he moved so as to direct thewater that is squeezed from the clothes into the other tub suchdeflector is drawn downward and then lifted so as to unhook thepivot-pins in the halfcirele ends of the grooves 17, so that suchpivot-pins can be raised in the grooves and slid across to the otherside of the wringer and hooked under the other half-circle ends of thegrooves 17, the inclination of the deflector being reversed, and therest-piece R IIO supports the deflector near the inner and higher end ineither of the positions aforesaid. It is usual to provide ribs 18 at theends of the deflector O to prevent the Water running over the ends ofsuch deflector.

It will be apparent that the recesses in the bottom of the tub for theupper end of the leg is a convenient way of preventing the leg the upperparallel adjacent edges of the tubs,

a device at the rear end for remo vably conmeeting the wringer-base tothe Wall, an eye connected to the under side of the wringerbase, atie-rod connected thereto and passing freely down between the tubs, across-bar beneath the tubs and rigidly connected to the respective frontlegs and. receiving the tierod to hold the wringer-base in position,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the two adjacent porcelain tubs, of aWringer-base and rubber cups fastened to the under side of thewringerbase and resting upon the convex upper edges of the tubs so as tosupport the wringerbase and aid in preventing lateral motion, a notchedcross-bar beneath the tubs and a tierod connected at the upper end tothe wringerbase and adapted to pass into the notch of the cross-bar anda nut upon the tie-rod for clamping the wringer-base and rubber cupsupon the top of the tubs, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the separate adjacent tubs, of a Wringer-baseadapted to rest upon the top edges of the tubs, means for clamping suchwringer-base in position, and a separate support for the back end ofsuch wringer-base, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the separate adjacent tub's, of a wringer-baseadapted to rest upon the top edges of the tubs, means for clamping suchWringer-base in position and a socket fastened to the Wall and receivingthe rear end of the wringer-base, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the earthenware tubs, of a removablewringer-base adapted to rest upon the adjacent top edges of theearthenware tubs, plates secured at the opposite edges of theWringer-base and extending below the bottom surface thereof and plateshaving recesses adapted for engagement by the clamping devices of awringer, and a tierod connected to the wringer-base and means forholding such tie-rod at the end distant from the wringer-baseforsecuring the base with a wringer to the tubs, substantially as setforth.

Signed by us this 10th day of April, 1896.

JOHN REID.v L. M. HOOPER.

Witnesses:

EDWARD HAMMANN, CHAS. H. BANTJE.

